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Dissemination of Virtual Connection Information and Resources for Older Adults in the Era of COVID-19 [Funder: Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, Genome BC]

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Funder

    Other Funders (Canada)

  • Principal Investigator

    O'Connell, Megan

  • Research Location

    Canada

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Saskatchewan

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Approaches to public health interventions

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older), Older adults (65 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The necessary physical distancing due to COVID-19 has reduced many older adult's social connections. As a group older adults are a group at risk of social isolation, which was only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently published articles on COVID-19 raised concerns about social disconnection and the impact on mental health and called for use of technologies to help reduce social isolation in the times of physical distancing. Our currently funded work can reduce social isolation with use of technology, and we need help mobilizing this knowledge to reduce health burden for SK older adults from COVID-19.